Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fasciating story. Fabulous photographs! cheers, Frank >________________________________ > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>; PSM <psm1857 at >googlegroups.com> >Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2013, 14:26 >Subject: [Leica] A Tiger Story > > >Just a tiger story as it played out in Ranthambhore last month. A lot >of the shots were taken at long distance, through trees, grass, twigs >and leaves and then cropped - and the first one has been included for >the story's sake. The lighting for the morning shots was also quite >difficult - shooting into the sun, with a water body reflecting >everything. Anyway, here goes, hope you enjoy the tale: > >Our first sighting was the female T22, the mother of T24: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0719-Edit.jpg.html > >Our next sighting, after a few minutes, was the male T24, the dominant >male of the southern end of Ranthambhore, dragging a half eaten >carcass through the trees, periodically stopping to eat a morsel: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0762.jpg.html > >When he reached a clearing, it was apparent that the carcass was that >of a young Nilgai, a large antelope. It was also getting apparent that >T24 had stolen the kill from his mother T22, and they were not >together for mating (tigers in Ranthambhore are notoriously >incestuous): > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0799.jpg.html > >It was clear that he was making for Phoota Kot, a water body close by: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0848.jpg.html > >He dragged the carcass into the water, and entered with quite a splash: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0857.jpg.html > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0864.jpg.html > >He gave us a snarl or two as a general warning: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0878.jpg.html > >He then stashed his scavenged kill in the water. Tigers do this both >to slow down the decomposition of the meat, and to easier defend it >against other tigers.: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0887.jpg.html > >After this, his mother also came to the water, probably to try and see >if she could get something out of her son - no such luck - his ears >pinned back, hair bristling, growling, he saw her off in no time. >Unfortunately this encounter was half hidden from our position, and I >got no shots of it. > >We came back in the afternoon, and he was there, cooling off and >guarding the carcass. The ears and the body of the nilgai is visible, >floating in the water, at the top right: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1090.jpg.html > >A last shot - the wind acted up, and a thunderstorm was imminent, and >he obviously smelt something!: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1143.jpg.html > >Please see LARGE > >Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > >Cheers >Jayanand > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >